benumb

Speech parts

1. benumb - Adjective

2. benumb - Verb

Meaning

To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dull blunt numb pierce harden daze drug bite freeze confuse palsy impair soften chill stun
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Antonyms

help aid encourage settle expect bore
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Hypernyms

desensitize desensitise

Derivatives

benumbed benumbing

Examples

The shock numbed her senses Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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